Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8204, William Ebit, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Ebit, William
W 8204
or Ebet,
B. L. Wt. 842-100.
or Ebett,
B. L. Wt. 2025-160-55-
CONTENTS
Rosannah

5562.
Massachusetts
William Ebit
private
Massachusetts line
Three years
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
subscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of Jan y 1819 and sent to Abraham Mitchell Esq r East Bridgewater Mass s
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 4 \frac{21}{30} 37.60 semi-ann. all ce ending 4 March 1819. 48.
$ 85.60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 15th March, 1818. }
Plymouth
Massachusetts

3345 Wassachusetts. Boston
Rosannah Ebit, widow of Mch William Ebit who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Dec r , 1852 and sent to
Chas. M. Barton Worcester Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 39. Vol. A

14,653 Act March 3/75 Recd " 26 "
Rosannah Ebit wife of William Ebit. Prot.
Capt. Oliver } Mass Col. John Clegg } Mass Ent } Mass Dis } Mass
Revolutionary War
Made application for Pension, Act 33 Atkins for 100 Acres July 5/75
Boyston.
Mass
July 53 No. 3845
2025 if July 5/75 Ira M. Barton Worcester Mass
Vol. E-21.

William Ebit Plymouth 32 = 14 o
Capt A. Fleming Col. James Stewart

I William Ebit formerly of Holden in the County of Worcester, but now residing in Plymouth in the County of Plymouth -outh Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a citizen of the United States and resident therein do set forth and declare on oath that I was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution for more than nine months on the continental establishment. that from my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my Country for support and am therefore desirous to obtain a Pension from the United States agreeably to the law of Congress of the 18 th day of March last and do relinquish all claim to any former pension granted me (if any) by any Law of Congress; that I entered the service in the Year 1776 for the three Years. at the expiration of that time, re-enlisted again for during the War. And was in Captain Oliver Dennistock Company in Colonel John Greeton's in the Dorchester line Regiment the whole time and received an honorable discharge at New Windsor in 1783. which I have lost - therefore have no written discharge
Plate Turner certifies that he served in the same Regiment with the above named Bvt. in Capt. Sumner's Company during the time aforesaid
Sworn to Apr. 14. 1818
William his X Ebit mark.

Wm Ebit's Lend. Schedule of Property.
5,502
1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
R.

SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Barnstable, ss.
On this Ninth day of August 1820, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, having a power also of fine and imprisonment, and keeping a record of their proceedings, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record for the said county of Barnstable
aged 67, years, resident in Orleans in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. for the term of three years in Capt Oliver's Company, Colonel Greate's Regiment, and that he has received a pension certificate dated January 21 st 1819 and numbered 5,862 - in pursuance of his original Declaration made 14 th April 1818, and also takes and subscribes the following oath, viz.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18 th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18 th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
No Real estate, and no personal estate whatsoever, and is a Town pauper, and chargeable to the town of Orleans for several years extremely infirm and totally unable to follow any kind of occupation.
John Hindrick Daniel Comings.
Sworn to, and declared, on the Ninth day of August, 1820 before said Court. Abner Davis, Clerk.
I, Abner Davis, - clerk of Barnstable County do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Nothing - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this tenth day of August, 1820.
Abner Davis, Clerk of the Court for the County of Barnstable.
John Hindrick Daniel Comings Guardian to William Ebit a sick man unable to attend personally & in person of taking his oath.

William Ebet, late a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Massachusetts Line. Claim for Bounty Land. Vaucluse Stock & Co NY

William E. Let
...the ... of ...
Dear Sir,
Dear Sir,
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No.
William Ely
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth 16 May 20 1889. I hereby certify that the within is the signature of Zachary B. Tuttle Esq. and that he is a Justice of the Peace & of the Inferior for the County of Plymouth. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & Notarial Seal the day & year above mentioned.
Benjamin D. Merrill Not. Public

Mr Plato Turner & Cato Howe, both of us during the war privates in Col. Geo- rgia Reg. in the Rebs. We testified that we knew Wm. Elliott a private in the same Reg. to be alive during the war man & at its close was honorably discharged with us we think at New Windsor in June 1865 & that he is the same William Elliott for whom we testified not claiming his pension in 1878
Plato T. Turner Cato H. Howe
Physmonts May 18829 Then Plato Turner and Cato Howe the above deponents made oath to the above description & certify they are to be believed, before me
Zachary Burtlett Just Peace & Love

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the 2 d section of the act of the 3 d February 1853.
State of Massachusetts County of Worcester ss.
On this twenty first - day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts, Rosanna Ebet, a resident of the town of Barre in the County of Worcester and State aforesaid, aged eighty two - years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3 d February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the

widow of William Ebet or Elitz, who was a private in the Massachusetts line of the Revolutionary army; who always said he was in the war of the Revolution, and this declarant truly believes that he served as set forth in his application for a pension under the Act of Congress passed the 18th of March 1818, which was duly granted to him and paid to him at the Massachusetts Agency, to which application, the proofs accompanying the same, and the rolls in the war department, she respectfully refers as evidence of her claim.
She further declares that she was married to the said William Ebet or Elitz on the ninth day of January, in the year eighteen hundred, that her said husband died on the second day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty two; that she was not married to him prior to the second of January

eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow.
in Rosanna X Ebert mark
Witness Lyman Little Wadsworth County.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me Mr. Kimnicute. Judge of Probate }
I further certify that I have not been or am not of counsel for the above named claimant, & that I have no interest in the result of her application.
Mr. Kimnicute

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss.
I, Charles G. Brewster, Register of the court of Probate for the county of Worcester, do hereby certify that Thomas Terrieutt is the Judge of said court duly commissioned and qualified - and that the foregoing signatures (purporting to be his) are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court this Twenty first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
Chas. G. Brewster, Register.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ss.
On this twentysecond day of March A. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Rosannah Ebet, aged eightyfour years, a resident of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of William Ebet deceased, who was a private in the Massachusetts line of the Revolutionary Army; who always said he was in the war of the Revolution, and this declarant verily believes that he served as set forth in his application for a pension under the Act of Congress passed March 18. A. 1818, and also in her application for a pension under the 2 d Section of the Act of February 3. 1853, to which applications and the proofs accompanying the same,

and to the rolls in the war Depart- ment, she is obliged to refer for the evidence of the service of her said husband, and of his honorable discharge from the same.
She further states, that she was mar- ried to the said William Ebel in the town of Barre on the ninth day of January A. one thousand eight hundred, by one Mr. Dancer a Claggyman, and that her name before her said marriage was Roxannah Walker. That her said hus- band died at a town in the East part of said State, the name of which she does not know, on the second day of April A. one thousand eight hundred and twenty two, and that she is now a widow. For the proof of such marriage and death, she respectfully refers to the papers filed with her aforesaid application for a pension, upon which there is since a pension Certificate in her favor, which she now holds, num- bered 3.348. And for proof of her present widowhood, she refers to the accom- panying deposition. She further

declared that she has never here- tofore received, nor made application for, bounty land, and she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act passed March 3, 1855.
Her Norannah L. Ebit Nancy Buss & Mary R. Barker are residents of Ipswich in the State of Massachusetts, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was sign- ed and acknowledged by Norannah Ebit in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the Applicant, that she is the identical person she repre- sents herself to be.
Nancy Buss
Mary R. Barker
The foregoing declaration and affida- vit, were sworn to and submitted before me on the day and year above written; and certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the Applicant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. Issued M. Bartlett pro. Rec.

To the Hon. Secretary of the Interior
Please deliver, or send by mail to Mrs. M. B. Barlow of Worcester in the State of Massachu- setts, the land warrant to which I may be entitled, upon the foregoing application.
Very respectfully Morrill Chase
Henry D. Barlow

Robinson of Merrimack

Under the head "Marriages" in the Church Records in the Town of Berne kept by Rev. Josiah Dana my immediate predecessor is the following:
Wm. Ebbet & Rosanna Walcutt 9th Jany. 1800 (ninth January one thousand eight hundred)
I, James Thompson hereby certify that I am Senior Pastor of the First Congregational Church and Society in the Town of Berne in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true copy from said Church Records.
James Thompson
Commonwealth of
Massachusetts Worcester County ss. January 20th. 1862
Then personally appeared the above named James Thompson and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts above subscribed by him - And I further certify that said James Thompson is a person of truth and veracity.
Before me Lyman Sibley Jus. of Peace.

Rev. WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8294
Rev. William E. Smith
Mid
William E. Smith
Rev. William E. Smith
Act: July 15 1863
Index:—Vol. 84 , Page 208
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 3528
Rosannah Ebit widow of William Ebit
Let to Ira M. Barton Nov 5/53 (R6)
Rev.
Act 37 Feb 1853

No. 14,653
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Mar 26 th 18 66
Rosannah Ebit wid of William Ebit pr Capt. Oliver Mass Col. John Greaton Brig. Rev. War
Warrant 2025 no 35 "
Ira M. Barton, Worcester Mass.

↓ 2025
Sho Ans
General A.E.

14,653
FREE
Hon. L. P. Waldo Comr. of Pensions Washington D. C.

London Nov. 22/55
To the Hon. Comr. of Revenue
Please find herewith the Application of Norah Smith, for Bursary land under the Act of Mar 3/55. Return the document to my address, as per order of the Applicant, endorsed on her application.
Yours Respectfully &c. H. M. Burdon
OATH of  In the matter of  Creditor  Insolvent Debtor  I hereby authorize to appear for me in  the case of the said  to act in the matter of said Debtor's discharge, and to do  all other things in relation to said Debtor's Estate, which  could do if personally present.  185

I Williams (let now of Orleans in the County of Barnstable and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and declare under oath that I entered in the army of the United States in the Revolutionary War, first for three years service in Robert Oliver's Company at Worcester Massachusetts Col. Grooters Reg't. Nixon's Brigade then I entered during the War in the same Company Reg't and Brigade and was honorably discharged at the end of the war at New Windsor in June 1783 my discharge is lost but I have lately received a pension from the United States the evidence of all or most of them facts are in the pension office at Washington - I further certify that I haven't had my land warrant
Barnstable 18th October 1819 Personally appeared the above named William Blat and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed before me
John H. Nick Justice of the Peace Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Barnstable: ss.
I Almer Davis, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Barnstable, do certify that John H. Nick, who hath signed the foregoing deposition of William Blat, as a Justice of the Peace is a sworn Justice of the Peace for the County of Barnstable, & full faith & credit are due to his official acts as such; and that the above is the signature of said John H. Nick.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of our said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for our said County, and subscribed my name at Barnstable the tenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen.
Almer Davis, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Barnstable

Barnstable 1 st October 10 th 1819
I hereby certify that the within named - William Stetson is a man of truth.
John Herrick Justice of Peace
Declaration of Witness & certificate of birth of J. Herrick's quality
for W. Stetson

Dept.
S.B. of Ethics
Identity

I Solomon Bartlett of Plymouth Mass - a during war private in Grewton's Regt in the Revo. War, & for which a land warrant & pension have been granted by U States last by that I will Henry William Eust in the same Reg - a during the war man - & that he was honorable discharged as such at the end of the war, & is the same person who now applies for his bounty land by the agency of Van Zandt & Rockwell his attorneys. Solomon Bartlett
Plymouth 16 th May 1819 Then Solomon Bartlett subscribed & made oath to his foregoing deposition before me; & I certify him to be a man of truth Leachey Bartlett Justice of Peace Quorum
Washington Dec 14 1819 I hereby certify that Leachey Bartlett is a Justice of the Peace & the Quorum within & for the county of Plymouth Mass & that he is duly qual- ified to discharge the duties of said Office
Haroud Sampson Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I,
Joseph Mason
Clerk of the Judicial Courts
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Syman Sibley and Seth Caldwell on the thirtieth day of January, A.D. 1852 were and ever since have been
Justices of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that in  the signatures to the certificates of oath upon the affidavits of James Thompson and William Rider and that the signature of Seth Caldwell to the certificate of oath upon the affidavit of Syman Sibley hereunto annexed are genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County, this thirty first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- three .
J. Mason Clerk.

I, William Ricker, of Barre in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 47 years, depose and say that Rosanna Whitt, reputed to be the Widow of William Whitt (Having never known said William) is now the twenty fifth day of October A.D. 1853 a member of my family in said Town of Barre.
William Ricker
State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ss. October 21, 1853 Then personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County the above named William Ricker and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts above subscribed to by him - and I further certify that said William Ricker sustains a good character for truth and veracity.
Lyman Sibley Justice of Peace

I, James Thompson of Barre in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts aged 73 years, depose and say that many years since I knew William Ebet who at that time lived in said Barre, and also knew his wife, but have not for a long time seen said William who is reputed to have died about thirty years since, his former wife I have recently seen and recognized her as the former wife of said Ebet, have not till very recently heard that he ever was called Ebets - In the Record of Marriages now in my possession his name is spelled thus: "William Ebet". I have no hesitancy in saying that from reputation said William Ebet or Ebets died at or about the time stated above and that Priscilla his former wife is his widow. said Priscilla is now residing in said town of Barre.
James Thompson
State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ss. October 29th. 1853 Then personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for said County the above named James Thompson and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts above subscribed to by him, and I further certify that said James Thompson was settled as Pastor of the First Congregational Church & Society in Barre in the year 1804 and is now Senior Pastor of said Society, and is a credible witness.
Lyman Sibley Justice of Peace.

I, Lyman Sibley of Barre in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts aged 69 years, depose and say that I knew Rosanna (or as she was called Rose) Walker before her marriage with William Ebel or Ebelz, he was always called in said Barre Bill Ebel, and I knew said Rosanna as the wife of said Ebel, and I now know her as his reputed Widow. Said Rosanna is now a member of the family of William Rider in said Barre, this 28th day of October 1853. And I further testify and say that from reputation said William is now dead, and that said Rosanna is his Widow.
Lyman Sibley
State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ss October 28th, 1853 Then personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County the above named Lyman Sibley and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts above subscribed to by him, and I further certify that said Sibley is a Credible Witness
Seth G. Caldwell, Justice of Peace

Hon. L. H. Alcala Com't Domine
Washington
D. C.

Leicester, Mass. Oct. 31/52.
Hon. Com te of Pensions Sir
Enclosed you will receive the papers in the case of Rosanna Ely or Ely, an orphan as the widow of Wm. Ely or Ely, for a pension under the 2 d Section of the Act of Congress of the 3 d February 1853.
The Certificate may be enclosed to my address.
Very Respectfully &c.
Wm. M. Brace
Leicester
Mass.

Worcester Dec. 20. 1883.
Hon. S. P. Hildreth Com te 96
Sir,
I herewith trans- mit to you the depositions of Prince Waldo, John Haws and Peter Nick, to be used in the case of Sarah Ann Ely, widow of William Ely, an applicant for a pension under the Act of July 3. 1833, which I trust will remove all doubts as to her being the widow of the identical Com. Ely who was a prisoner of the British States under the Act of 1818. I would respectfully suggest that the deposition of Peter Nick of this City, whose acquaintance with the case was unknown to me when it was originally prepared, is not only conclusive on the question of identity, but explains quite satisfactorily the circumstance which at first drew your attention, that Ely, in his application in 1820, did not allude to his family. It appears that he was a seafaring man, and worked, for employment, to the ports in the East part of this State, while his wife and family remained in the County of Worcester, in the interim. You will probably find by the papers in his case, that his Odeum & proofs were

taken in some country in the southerly part of this Commonwealth, where the magistrate would have no knowledge of his family, and, under such circum- stances, his failing to attend to his wife and children, would be less surprising.
I am very Respectfully
Ira M. Barton
Worcester
Mass.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, Joseph Mason
Clerk of the Judicial Courts
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Syman Sibley and Ira M. Barton on the thirteenth day of December A.D. 1853 were, ever since have been, and still are
Justices of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that of Syman Sibley the signatures to the certificate of oath upon the affidavits of Prince Walker and John Arnes and the signature of Ira M. Barton to the certificate of oath upon the affidavit of Peter Rich hereto annexed are genuine
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County, this twentieth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- three .
J. Mason Clerk.

I, Prince Walker, of Barre in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts ages Eighty Years, do depose and say that, Rosanna Ebb who is now applying for a Pension is my Sister, that she was formerly the wife of William Ebb, said William Ebb, as is reported died at some place on Cape Cod in Massachusetts in the year 1822 or 23, that my said Sister's name before her marriage was Rosanna Walker, and that I had no acquaintance whatever with said Ebb till a short time before the marriage of my Sister Rosanna with him, the said Ebb, as near as I can recollect came from the Cape when he first came to Barre. - I was informed some years since of the death of said William Ebb, and that for many years my Sister Rosanna has been called his Widow. And I doubt not that said Ebb died at the time above stated.
Witness my hand
Prince Walker
State of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss. December 16th. 1853 Then personally appeared the above named Prince Walker and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts above subscribed to by him, and I further certify that for many years past I have known said Prince Walker and that his character for truth and veracity is good.
Before me Lyman Sibley, Justice of the Peace.

I John Hawes of Burre in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 65 years do hereby say that some years since William Ebbet with his wife and children lived in my immediate neighborhood and lived there for several years, and with whom I was well acquainted and have worked many days with said Ebbet, and have heard him relate the history of his services in the Revolutionary war, said Ebbet as is reported died some years since, but when or where I have no means of knowing, the wife of said Ebbet I well recollect, but have not for twenty years or more seen her till very recently, and I had once recognized her as Prosanna (as she was always called) or Prosanna Ebbet the former wife of William Ebbet.
John Hawes
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester County ss. December 16th. 1853 Then personally appeared the above named John Hawes and made oath to the truth of facts above subscribed to by him, and I further certify that said Hawes is a man of truth and veracity.
Before me Lyman Sibley Jr. of Peace

A Peter Nite of Worcester in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, being eighty three years of age, do hereby certify that I have fully known William that as I have called him sometimes called. He came to Worcester country in the year 1840 and was at first employed as a servant. He first began his travelling through Worcester and his way led him to the State of New York where he was employed in the year 1841 and in the year 1842 he was in the year 1843 he was in the year 1844 he was in the year 1845 he was in the year 1846 he was in the year 1847 he was in the year 1848 he was in the year 1849 he was in the year 1850 he was in the year 1851 he was in the year 1852 he was in the year 1853 he was in the year 1854 he was in the year 1855 he was in the year 1856 he was in the year 1857 he was in the year 1858 he was in the year 1859 he was in the year 1860 he was in the year 1861 he was in the year 1862 he was in the year 1863 he was in the year 1864 he was in the year 1865 he was in the year 1866 he was in the year 1867 he was in the year 1868 he was in the year 1869 he was in the year 1870 he was in the year 1871 he was in the year 1872 he was in the year 1873 he was in the year 1874 he was in the year 1875 he was in the year 1876 he was in the year 1877 he was in the year 1878 he was in the year 1879 he was in the year 1880 he was in the year 1881 he was in the year 1882 he was in the year 1883 he was in the year 1884 he was in the year 1885 he was in the year 1886 he was in the year 1887 he was in the year 1888 he was in the year 1889 he was in the year 1890 he was in the year 1891 he was in the year 1892 he was in the year 1893 he was in the year 1894 he was in the year 1895 he was in the year 1896 he was in the year 1897 he was in the year 1898 he was in the year 1899 he was in the year 1900 he was

of the intended  marriage  of  her  son William  and  daughter  to  their  son and  daughter  from  their  son  and  daughter there  was  his  son  and  daughter  But  that  son and  daughter  was  his  wife  and  it  was the  intention  of  the  latter  William  that it  is  just  a  good  testimony  to  his  son and  daughter  knowing  any  other  son by  the  name  of  William  But  except  as part  of  the  said  William  Sturtevant , who  has  a  son  or  two  sons .
Walter
Sturtevant
Rebecca
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampshire, December 19, 1853 affirming Peter Nick, known to me as a man of truth, and made oath that the facts set forth in the above deposition are true (date interlined
Before me
Sam M. Bellon Jr. D.D.

William Ebit
Plymouth
13 th Apr l 1888 - private
Greaton's regt 76 th Penna and was. Massachusetts
Admitted

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
On this 88.  14 th day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared William Ebit of Plymouth aged - - - - years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," (see his said declara- tion enclosed)
He stands on the Rolls of allap ts made up for the first three years service 32 months and 14 days. /

And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said William Ebit did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment: and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress, and that he is poor and needs the assistance of his country for support -
Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
1818.
ss.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth - that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record - that the signature to the above certificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

✓ Finl Offi 23 Decr 1853
Sir, I have the time to which the will of named pensioner was paid, on the date of his death, Very Respectfully,
J. Cole For the Commission William Ebit, act 1818, 48 per month died 2 apr 1822, paid
F. Bush auditor
Francis R. Ebit Esq. The Auditor, Reading

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business
Nov. 2. 1853
Rosannah Ebit- widow of William Ebit Worcester Co Mass
(Rev)
Act 3 d Feb. 1853
$96. 00 per An. Out: Feb. 3 d 1853.
Ira M. Barton Worcester, Feb 2 d

Brief in the case of Rosanna L. S. L. Widow of William Worcester County and State of Massachusetts , act 3 rd Feb. 1853.
Claim, ("original," for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
I husband was a pensioner under the act of 1842 March 1818 & Pen P.
Res. L. Evidence of Marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Ira M. Barker Esq. Worcester, Mass. Name and residence of Agent
J. H. B. [Signature] Examining Clerk.

Rec: Ex: 27 April 22 Benton!

Mr Ebert 3 rd Moha Regl. W th p g 842
for certificate of the clk of the old court as to the Justices of the peace &c see No 841

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I,
Joseph Mason
Clerk of the
Judicial Courts
for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, that on the twenty second day of March A. D. 1855 Ina M. Barton was and still is
a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth, to take the acknowledgement of deeds, and administer oaths, and that his signature to the certificate upon the several affidavits
hereto annexed is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said County , this twenty third day of March , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five .
J. Mason Clerk.

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I Nancy Powers of Worcester in the County of Worcester being fifty four years of age, do depose and say, that her my late husband Nourse Powers, was a son of Morannah Eliot, the widow of William Eliot, who died somewhere in the East part of this State about thirty years a- go. The said Morannah is now the widow of the said William Eliot, and resides with me in the City of Worcester, in the State of Massachusetts. She is a pension- er of the United States, and her husband was reported to be a soldier of the Revolution.
Nancy Powers
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester County ss. March 22. 1855. Then personally appeared Nancy Powers above named, who is known to me as a person of truth, and made oath that the above deposition by her subscribed, is true. Before me,
Sam M. Bartol Jrs. Rev.